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1991
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HEADLINES EFA: officials deny it is a contender to replace GR. 1 there is a number of projects already under way which are likely to find their way into the requirement. The Royal Aerospace Estab lishment is working, in con junction with UK industry, on a Mission Management Aid, to help aircrew deal with sophisti cated avionics, particularly in a single-cockpit environment, while British Aerospace's High Value System's Unit is looking at concepts and operational drivers for a "son of Tornado". BAe's PI 12 advanced short take-off and vertical-landing de velopment concept is also un derstood to be designed for a primary strike role. • Korean Air crash pilot in jail The pilot accused of negli gence in the July 1989 crash of a Korean Air DC-10 near fog-shrouded Tripoli Airport in Libya has been sentenced to two years imprisonment. Seoul Criminal Court ruled that Kim Ho-Joon, 54, accused of acting rashly by not analysing meteorological data, caused the 80 deaths and damage estimated at $33 million. Six of the dead were Libyans, killed when the aircraft hit a house and a car. The DC-10's co-pilot was given a suspended 18-month sentence. Both pilots were orgi- nally jailed by the Libyan au thorities following the crash. The DC-10, with 181 passen gers and 18 crew aboard, crashed some 6km short of the runway. An Aeroflot aircraft ahead of them diverted to Malta because of thick fog. • US DoT continues review of Delta transfer request The US Department of Trans portation (DoT) is still con sidering a request from Delta Airlines for a review of pro posed transfer of US-London routes from Pan American and TWA to United and American. Delta filed the request with DoT on 26 December last year, claiming that the moves in volved an enormous restructur ing of the international air travel market (Flight Interna tional, 2-8 January). Meanwhile; the first phase of transfer of Pan Am's San Fran cisco assets to United has brought the airline SI 10 mil lion, which the carrier says will help its cash flow during the slow-travel winter season. TWA's attempt to buy out or merge with Pan Am is still active, a TWA spokesman said. Both sides, however, are blam ing the other for lack of action. TWA's Carl Icahn followed his harsh criticism of Pan Am with a note to Pan Am's chief finan cial offer charging that TWA's position had been "mis-stated and misunderstood". Pan Am, on the other hand, says that Icahn had been told that a detailed term sheet would be needed for clarification be fore any further steps could be taken. By late last week, Pan Am says, it had not received this document. At one stage last week Icahn was believed to have set the removal of Pan Am chairman Thomas Plaskett as a merger condition. • Plaskett must go, says Icahn USAF to freeze B-2 output says Boeing Jksi r Boeing throws doubt on B-2 production rate The US Air Force has decided to freeze 1991 production of the Northrop B-2 stealth bomber at 15 aircraft, according to major subcontractor Boeing's director of business develop ment for its military aircraft division, Jim Evatt. "My understanding is that at this time the Air Force does not intend to go forward and pur chase numbers 16 and 17 production planes," says Evatt. Reports in the USA state that a decision by Air Force Secre tary Donald Rice is expected to be announced later this month. R-R awarded advanced engine work Rolls-Royce has been awarded a design study contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) covering phase one of an advanced civil core demonstrator (ACCD) engine. The core is likely to be appli cable to programmes- such as the future supersonic transport study currently being under taken with French engine man ufacturer Snecma, as well as potential use in a high-bypass turbofan follow-on to the RB.211 family. "' :'v The MoD, which takes on%ne role of contract manager lor the ACCD on behalf of the Depart ment of Trade and Industry, says that the "...programme is aimed at completing a detailed Taking a long-term view Evatt says: "We're not sure what will happen because the Air Force hasn't told Northrop and Northrop hasn't told us. But we believe this is still a healthy programme, and we're pretty darn bullish." The US Air Force says no decision has been reached on the B-2's future, adding that a decision on B-2 spending in 1991 will be announced before 6 February. This is when the Department of Defense sends its Fiscal Year 1992 budget to Con gress. D design study which will bring together the technologies re quired to specify an entirely new core engine". It adds that the study will involve a concept showing "significantly improved emissions characteristics and concomitant reductions in fuel consumption". Reductions in specific fuel consumption and emissions of atmospheric pollutants such as nitrous oxides are the hallmarks of all current research program mes into future civil engines. Rolls-Royce has been conduct ing a parallel military study at its Filton, Bristol site, known as the Advanced Common Military Engine programme, for several years. D FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 9-15 January. 1991
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